A FUNDRAISING effort for little Chloe Jenkins, a toddler who is battling Neuroblastoma (a very rare and very aggressive form of child cancer), has been launched by two Killarney girls who are giving away a Prada designer handbag as part of a Christmas draw.
Lisa Sheahan and Meadbh McSweeney started the initiative online in recent weeks to raise much needed funds for Chloe’s Journey GoFundMe page.
The two friends, who work with Chloe’s uncle Paddy, were so taken by Chloe’s story and how she is bravely battling childhood cancer that they wanted to help.
Lisa said: “We’d been following Chloe’s story on social media & just wanted to do something for her & her family. It’d just melt your heart to see her having to go through so much.”
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Meadbh added: “Seeing how brave Chloe is and how she continues to smile through it all just made us want to help in any way we could. She’s so adorable & is a real little warrior.”
The draw will take place next week on Thursday December 17th. To be in with a chance of winning we are asking people to donate the min GoFundMe amount (€5) to Chloe’s Journey. The gofundme page can be accessed by clicking here.
Chloe lives in Cork with mom, Deborah from Kerry and dad, Gareth from Dublin.
In March 2019, Chloe Jenkins was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma; a very rare & aggressive child cancer & one of the hardest cancers to cure. Chloe’s Journey was set up to generate funds to help with Chloe’s ongoing care & treatment.
Chloe had surgery in Sept 2019 which removed her left kidney and 85% of the tumour. In December Chloe travelled to Germany for specialist proton therapy to target the remaining tumour entwined around major organs and blood vessels.
In January 2020 Chloe began a 6 month intensive immunotherapy treatment. However, in July Deborah & Gareth received the devastating news that Chloe’s cancer had regrown. Chloe has undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy over this past number of months to try to treat the aggressive cancer. Chloe’s next round of chemotherapy will start on December 18th and finish on Christmas Eve – so hopefully she’ll be home in time for Santy.
Any funds raised for Chloe’s Journey will be used to alleviate the financial stress for Deborah & Gareth & if the need arises to travel abroad at a later stage for further specialist treatment. The gofundme page can be accessed by clicking here.